The Minority Welfare Department formed under General Administration Department in 2008, has now become a vibrant government initiative with focused programmes under Dr.K.T.Jaleel the Hon'ble Minister for Minority Welfare, and A.Shajahan IAS, Secretary at Trivandrum. The department is the nodal agency for implementing both central and state schemes and projects. Kerala State Minority Commission, Kerala State Minority Development Finance Corporation, Madrassa Teachers Welfare Fund, Coaching Centre for Minority Youth are the main functionaries of the department. It implements various projects and development programmes for the welfare of minority communities like Muslims, Christians, Buddhists, Sikhs, Jains and Parsis.